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1 posted on 10/17/2006 1:09:35 PM PDT by trumandogz
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WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!!


2 posted on 10/17/2006 1:10:25 PM PDT by Toby06
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Which means that 75% NEVER HAVE A PROBLEM, so why not report it that way?!


3 posted on 10/17/2006 1:10:43 PM PDT by wagglebee ("We are ready for the greatest achievements in the history of freedom." -- President Bush, 1/20/05)
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You posted this, here?! Brave. Truly.


5 posted on 10/17/2006 1:11:01 PM PDT by Froufrou
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...well....at least they know what they're going to die from......


7 posted on 10/17/2006 1:12:31 PM PDT by auto power
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For this study, published online in the journal Thorax .....

Interesting name for a rag!

8 posted on 10/17/2006 1:13:25 PM PDT by Disturbin (Get back to work -- millions of people on welfare are counting on you!)
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Over the 25 years, none of these ex-smokers developed severe COPD.

That's a better rate than those who never smoked. Hmmm....

10 posted on 10/17/2006 1:14:15 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Islam delenda est)
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Hacking cough ping.


12 posted on 10/17/2006 1:15:07 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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everyone who gets cancer has eaten carrots.


13 posted on 10/17/2006 1:15:16 PM PDT by Rakkasan1 ((Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!))
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wow... who'd a thunk that inhaling a mixture of irritants, mutagens, and toxins could have serious health ramifications for a significant percentage of those who do so.
Yet another study from The Center for Figuring Out Obvious Things /rant

though I guess the actual percentages weren't obvious, along with the recovery rate after stopping smoking
14 posted on 10/17/2006 1:15:27 PM PDT by verum ago (The Iranian Space Agency: set phasers to jihad!)
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Alternative headline....three out of four smokers will not get lung disease


18 posted on 10/17/2006 1:17:30 PM PDT by svcw
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That is GOOD NEWS! I used to think it was a 100% certainty to develop COPD and about as high to get Cancer!

Guess that proves again to limit reading of the MSM...Too much misleading information being published for my tastes.

BTW, what is the REAL news on the Economy and the War?


19 posted on 10/17/2006 1:18:46 PM PDT by coldoc
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Puff

So 25% get COPD and out of that 25% how many die from it?

Reread the article.

23 posted on 10/17/2006 1:21:29 PM PDT by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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Bottom line: If you can quit smoking - quit.

If people would take better care of their health, maybe those of us who do wouldn't have to subsidize those would constantly go to the doctor for avoidable problems driving up our insurance rates.

Then again, better to raise your fist in defiance claiming smoking is just fine.

25 posted on 10/17/2006 1:22:32 PM PDT by zarf
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All the defenders of smoking will make snide comments here and I too take studies like these with a grain of salt.

Having said that though...

COPD is a horrible way to die. I watched my mother-in-law die from it, drowning in her own fluids and it wasn't pretty.

Yes, she was a life long smoker.


30 posted on 10/17/2006 1:28:58 PM PDT by Trampled by Lambs (Ok, so changing my name was not such a good idea after all...)
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36% of all the subjects died; 1.25% of all died of COPD; at the end of 25 years, the survivors ranged from 55 to 85 years of age; short of knowing what the rest died of and at what age death occurred, COPD would seem to be the least of their worries.


36 posted on 10/17/2006 1:38:23 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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There are a lot of other diseases smokers get. Losing your teeth is not even considered a disease but it's pretty common.
59 posted on 10/17/2006 1:59:18 PM PDT by DungeonMaster (Man defiles a rock when he chips it with a tool. Ex 20:25)
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A new study finds that at least 1 in every 4 smokers will develop progressive and incurable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a much higher risk than previously believed.

Isn't it interesting that of all the smokers I've ever known, only one (my dad), ever got any type of lung disease? The folks I know must just be extra lucky or something.

61 posted on 10/17/2006 2:00:14 PM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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Some weep-o-crat study again. biased. Not too smart weep-o-crats!!!


76 posted on 10/17/2006 2:22:50 PM PDT by Weep-o-crat Hunter
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100% of Smoke Nazis spend an inordinate amount of time wringing their hands and clucking over the choices some adults make.
79 posted on 10/17/2006 2:24:39 PM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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Frankly, I find it amazing that only 25% of the people who smoke for 25years get COPD.

I wonder why?


81 posted on 10/17/2006 2:27:23 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (In God we trust. All others we monitor.)
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